| March 29, 2006 U.S. Department of Justice IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 29, 2006 Boston, MA - United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and James P. Ennis, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service announced today that NUHU MOHAMMED of Quincy, a 48 year old man, was charged in an indictment with making false statements in an application for a U.S. passport and identity theft. The indictment alleges that NUHU MOHAMMED, an alien, applied for a U.S. passport under a false identity. MOHAMMED, the President of All States Mortgage Co., Inc., formerly known as Saudi Holdings, Inc., used another person's birth certificate from Puerto Rico as proof of citizenship. In addition, he presented a false Massachusetts Identification Card, consisting of his own photograph with the identifying information of the person born in Puerto Rico, as proof of identity. If convicted of these charges, MOHAMMED faces up to 15 years imprisonment, followed by 5 years supervised release and a $250,000 fine on each of the identity theft charges and up to 10 years imprisonment, followed by 3 years supervised release and a $250,000 fine on the passport fraud charge. The case was investigated by the U.S. Department of State Diplomatic Security Service. It is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Sabita Singh, within Sullivan's Major Crimes Unit. The details contained in the indictment are allegations. The defendant is presumed to be innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. Press Contact: Christina DiIorio-Sterling 617-748-3356. |
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